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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
SHEFFIELD.
Musical Convention.

The musical convention held here by
Prof. Pinney of Greensboro was very
successful. A public invitation was
extended to all musicians and they
were gladly received and entertained
by the people. Mr.. Pinney is work
er and showed his efficiency in drilling
and leading his class. Much credit is
due Miss Susie Rogers, pianist, who
performed her part excellently, also to
S. G.. Cree and Prof. Hart of WheelOck,
viOlinist. Mr.. COwles of Barton and
Mr.. Taplin of Irasburg aided much in
the chOruses. Some hard music was
taken up and was we'll rendered. Res
OlutiOns were adopted expressing ap-
probation of Prof. Pinney's services
and returning thanks to the Baptist
society for their church also to Il. M.
Carr for the use of piano and organ and
to the instrumentalists for services
rendered and to the people of Sheffield
for entertainment.
The town voted to buy road ma
chine at the March meeting and to raise
the tax in money.
Mrs. Samuel Berry is very sick
F. w. Berry, who has been clerking
for Stiles at St. Johnsbury Centre, is
going to move on to his fathers old
place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
DEATH OF BEECHER.

A Stroke of ApOplexy Ends His Life.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher died Tues
day morning at $50 o'clock. He was
stricken with apoplexy Saturday morn
ing and sank steadily until the hour of
his death.
Mr.. Beecher resided with his son,
Col. Henry Beecher, in Brooklyn. Be-
fore the attack he was in apparent
good health. Between 2 and 3 O'Clock
Friday morning he awoke and COM
planned of being sick. He began to
vOmit freely, and then laid back upon
his pillow apparently exhausted. In
short time he fell asleep. Mrs. Beecher
concluded that he would feel better in
few hours. The first breakfast bell
rang but did not awaken him. The
second bell also passed unheeded. Be-
attempt to arouse him, but could not
do so; soon afterward he tried to
speak, but his voice was thick and ar
ticulatiOn indistinct. The family phys
iciau was called and members of the
family summoned but no hopes were
entertained from the first. Mr.. Beech
er passed away gradually and almost
imperceptibly, drawing his last breath
without apparent suffering or return to
consciousness in any degree.
Henry Ward Beecher was third child
of DR.. Lyman Beecher, himself an emf
nent Orthodox divine, and was born at
Litchfield, Conn, June "a, 1913. He
was therefore in his 74th year. He
graduated at Amherst college, studied
divinity at Lane seminary and his
first pastOrate of any note was at In
dianapOlis, beginning i'm 1889 and end
ing in lS47, when he accepted a call to
Plymouth church in Brooklyn. There
has been ever since, preaching to the
largest audiences and commanding the
most attention of any clergyman in
America.
Before going to indianapolis he was
editor of the Cincinnati Journal one
year, and has since then for twenty
years been II leading writer for the In
dependent and for many years the edi-
tor of the Christian Union. He has
also written extensively for other pa
pers, and his sermons in Plymouth
Pulpit have been gathered into numer-
Gus volumes. He began a life of Christ
some year ago but the work upon it
was interrupted until recently, when
he resumed it and was thus engaged
when stricken down. He delivered
lectures at Yale, on preaching, which
have been published in book, and
many of his other writings have been
issued in permanent form. Besides
doing all this, and while doing it, he
found time to lecture all over this cOun-
try and in England, and his services
always commanded the highest plat
form prices.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

Southworth lying upon the track, cut
in two through the body. Conductor
Southworth had been in the service of
the company many years and was
known to be a careful and reliable
man.
The conclusion of the board, from
the evidence before it, as to the cause
of this fatal accident, is the conclusion
OF all who are cOgnizant of the general
circumstances. That it was the result
of some loss of grip upon the ladder as
Conductor SouthwOrth was going down
to, or climbing up from the coal car,
or by slipping upon the snow or ice at
one end of it, whereby he fell between
the cars, was drawn under the wheels
and killed. There is no fault attribu-
table TO any one for the fatal accident.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

w. Davis is so as to be about and
attend to business.
E. S. Pierce is better and is in the
tin shop most of the time.
DIR. Calvin Woodward and wife left
town Tuesday for Boston on visit to
friends.
E. j. Dole is out again after being
confined to the house for two weeks
with a cold.
There is to be a change in men at
town farm. Our new overseer has got
j. G. HodgdOn and wife to take charge
and work on farm for one year; price
5000.
Mrs. VIM. BODICE of Ports, Kansas,
formerly of Peacham, and her brother,
w. Dana left Tuesday for Ports. This
was Mrs. Bodge's first visit to YER
mont since she went away IA years
ago. She has not enjoyed sleigh
ride during that time as little snow
fell in her section of Kansas. Ports,
from a settlement of seven families has
increased to a city. Mrs. Dodge with
her boys proposes going to Western
Kansas to take up more government
land.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
SUTTON.
Henry M. Darling.

Seldom has our community been
saddened by the tOlling of the bell as
they were last Sabbath morning when
it's solemn tones denoted that Henry
NJ. Darling was dead. He was young
man possessing fine abilities and of the
purest morals. A kind friend and an
affectionate child and brother a pat
tern that would be well for our child
rem to initiate, and it can truly be said
that no one ever received from him an
unkind word or that he ever did
mean thing, but was ready to help the
weak, raise the fallen and encourage
the disheartened. His loss will be
greatly felt by our citizens and will be
especially severe to his parents and
brother who will receive much heart
felt sympathy.
C. G.. MoultOn has moved back to his
old farm.
Mrs. Charles Ladd, dressmaker, is.
at work here at the present.
Rev. Mr.. Franklin preached here in
exchange with Rev. A. P. Tracy.
Miss Bell Barker is home from Mont
pelier for a two weeks vacation.
Frank Abbott and Mrs. Gilbert
are visiting a brother in
Lebanon, N. ii.
Andrew Lang and wife, who have
been spending the winter in Charles
ton, returned home Friday.
The town voted one dollar on the
grand list for town, school, highway
and state taxes. County commissioners, |
C.. l.. Morrill, Ii, j. d. Miller 9.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
SUMMERVTIIE.

E. L. HOvey has purchased lot of
Mrs. w. True, on Concord avenue and
is going to erect Wholesale and re-
tail grain store.
Fred w. Carr and wife were visited
at their new house on Portland street
Tuesday evening, by about one hun
dred of their friends who gave them a
rousing house warming and many use
full articles
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
NORTH DANVILLE.

Rev. NJ. Atwood was at st. JOhns-
bury two days last week assisting Rev
F. E. Dawson aud has gone this week
to West Derby holding meetings at
that place.
The North Danville band has re-Or-
ganized and gave their second prone
made concert at the hall last Saturday
evening with box supper and masquer-
ade, good crowd was in attendance
and good time was enjoyed by all.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

The Boston & Lowell road is serious
ly considering a project which will en-
able it to land its passengers nearer
the heart of Boston than at present.
The scheme provides for tunneling part
of the city including Beacon hill and
the Common with two stations, one
near the downtown business section
and the other between Winter and
West streets.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
WHEELOCK.

Albert Gray has moved to Berlin.
Charles Gray has moved to town
from Sutton.
Mrs. Sturtevant and grandson are
visiting friends i'll this place.
John Bovee, who hurt his shoulder a
few weeks ago, is so as to be out.
John Aldrich has moved from his
place in Newark to his farm in Vince
lock.
Another heavy storm from Thursday
to Sunday, kept the men busy break
ing roads.
The ladies' aid society give another
entertainment at the town hall next
Friday evening. All are invited.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

The proceedings at the dedication of
the Brooks library building, Brattle-
bOrO, with the address by Hon. Mellen
Chamberlin, make handsome pam
phlet of over so pages, elegantly print
ed by the Cambridge university press.
The frOntispiece is fine picture of the
building presented by Mr.. Brooks, to
the town of BrattlebOrO. Hon. B. d.
Harris so well known in this section of
the state is chairman of the board of
trustees of the library.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
HARDWICK.
Thereby Hangs a Tale.

Last week Wednesday, John Lewis
was arraigned and pleaded guilty to
stealing a tub of butter from the de-
pot and "thereby hangs a tale" 1t APP
pears that John, at the time he took
the tub, was considerably under the
influence of liquor and, after being flu
ed for the theft, stated to the grand
juror that he obtained his liquor of one
G. w. Burnham. On the strength of
this statement, Burnham was arrested
about six o'clock p. m. Later i'm the
evening i. became known that a sus-
pieious looking barrel and box mark
ed "glass" had arrived at the express
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

teresting reading by c. c. Jameson of
West Burke, followed by duet ''Driv-
en- from Home," by Misses Walter and
Davis. The session was very interest
ing and profitable, and the generous
manner in which the members of the
union were entertained by Harmony
lodge and the. citizens of West Burke
will long be remembered.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
CONCERNING TOWN SALARIES.

MIR. Mays Town Meeting Speech.
Mr.. Editor: | desire to call attention
to some misstatements which were
made by Elisha May, Esq, in his
speech at our recent town meeting. In
order to show that the account of our
town officers for services and expenses
(annual report, page 2O,) was extrava-
CANT, he compared the several amounts
paid to our selectmen, listers and treas
urer with the amounts paid the same
officers in Rutland, Burlington and st.
Adams. do not know how incorrect
the statements may be with reference
to the towns of Burlington and St.
Adams because / have not been able
to procure the official reports from
those towns in season to make use of
them in this letter; but l have prOcur-
ed and examined the annual report of
the town of Rutland for the year end
ing February 25, 1887, and the state
ments herein made, relative to the ex-
penditures of that town, are obtained
from that report.
Mr.. May stated that the selectmen
of Rutland receive only 500 each or
$500 in all. He omitted to say that in
addition to this sum the town paid one
C. H. Granger $248.1O for "work for
selectmen," making in all $740.1O in
stead of $500. Mr.. May further stated
that it cost the town of Rutland but
1904, or 1904, to make its grand list
last year as opposed to $749, the cost
of our own. On the contrary the of
fetal report shows that it cost the town
of Rutland $3.50, made up as follows ::
July 12, Deming, A. A. work on grand list s137 90
a." 81 Dana Edward, 172 so
Aug. 90, Meldon p. M, lister 1886, 200 90
Sep. H. Granger, c. H., $50 20
" Dunn j c. 200 90
Willis, Geo, 220 80
" Newton Nj, 100 90
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

The notion is advanced that the re-
ports of the weather in Dakota as sent
East are exaggerated in order to create
sympathy for western settlers. If SO
they will be likely to prove the worst
sort of boOmerangs in that emigration
will be greatly decreased. AS the Bos-
ton Herald suggests, it is sometimes
good policy for people to keep their
misfOrtunes to themselves.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
LYNDON CENTRE.

The selectmen have engaged D. S.
Winter to drive the hearse the coming
year.
The senior exhibition at the insti-
tute last Thursday evening called out
large audience and was great sue
cess. Excellent music was furnished
by the St. Johnsbury male quartette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

Leading citizens of Readsboro met
there with Massachusetts capitalist last
week aud voted to form a stock COM
pany with $4,000 capital to manu-
facture chairs. Half of the stock was
subscribed on the spot. From IS to
100 hands will be employed. Titus
Stoves new fOur-stOry mill will be
used by the company.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

Silas Sprague left here Monday. He
has gone to st. Johnsbury to work for
year. Mrs. Sprague is for the pres
mt at her fathers, Rev. A. p. Tracy.
There is small library kept at the
village and some of the citizens are
trying To devise means to make some
additions so that it will be more
beneficial to this community
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
WEST CONCORD.


ID. c.. Burroughs has bought about
50 acres of land known as part of the
Hendricks farm.
NJ. F. Morton closes his singing
school in the village of West Concord
Friday evening.
E. E. Dean, who has been clerking
for o. b. Cutting, the druggist of this
place, since Christmas with entire sat
isfaction to his employer, will return
to st. Johnsbury soon.
Rev. j. w. Scott is improving in
health, and has taken possession of the
harness shop formerly occupied by Mr..
ShackfOrd and is putting in fine lot
of goods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Cutting 1.-TWO
aged peOple) received a visit from
their children and their families num-
boring, children and grandchildren, 25,
last Friday. The old folks enjoyed it
much.
Miss Minerva Chase of Kirby, who
has been taking music lessons in BOs-
ton for several months, is now danger
ously sick at Lowell, Mass, with ty-
phOid fever, and is not expected to
live.
Mrs. S. E. Circuit of this village, who
has been in Boston for the past two
weeks, returned last Friday night,
bringing with her two children from
the orphan asylum for whom she hopes
to obtain good homes in this vicinity.
The juvenile temple of this place
gave temperance concert last Sunday
EVENING" n the Methodist church. De-
spite the snow storm IA gOOdly number
were present and went away feeling
that they had been well entertained.
The speaking was excellent and the
singing was equally good. The sue
cess of the concert, considering the in
clement weather, was very gratifying
to those interested in the temple. Mrs.
r. d. Pratt, who managed the affair,
deserves great deal of credit for the
able manner in which she did it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
ST. JOHNsBURY CENTRE.

Miss Fife Miles of Albany, is visiting
friends in this place.
Lafayette SOper has engaged to run
the delivery team for l.. d. Stiles.
Mrs. A. p. Brown holds spiritual
meetings at her house every Saturday
afternoon.
Charles E. Brooks has returned from
Barton and opened his fathers black
smith shop.
Peter Lachance has moved from
over Kelley's store to Kidder's house
near PaddOck's village.
Judson Hurlburt cut severe cash
in the ball of his right foot last Satur-
day while splitting wood.
Hamlin Calder arrived from Boston
last Monday night. He expects to re-
turn about the first of April.
Hiram S. GOrham of Huntington,
West Virginia, arrived here last week
to attend his fathers funeral.
Charles Salmon has bought the late
Eunice Dickerman farm. He will rent
it for one year before occupying it him
self.
The concert given by the st. Johns
bury Male quartette assisted by Mrs.
Hazen and Mrs. Humphrey was very
much enjoyed.
Charles King had cancer removed
from his neck short time since. He
is doing as we'll us could be expected.
Carrie Allen is improving slowly.
John w. Sherry returned last week
from Il three months visit in Florida.
He landed in st. Johnsbury at four
- ii Il
with the thermometer % below zero.
He thought it quite change from 80
above zarO
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

The principal bills passed by the
49th congress were the pOlygamy,
trade dollar, retaliation, tenure of Of
fee, Chinese indemnity and agricul-
tural experiment station bills, the
presidential succession, electoral count,
Oleomargarine, Fitz John Porter, Din
gley shipping, interstate commerce
and Indian severalty bills.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
Gtre Gatedunialr.
St. Johnsbury. Vt. Thursday. Mar. IL. 1887
Lewis c. Mclaughlin, the newly APP

Lewis C. Mclaughlin, the newly APP
pointed postmaster at Sonth Peacham,
feels insulted at the intimatiOn that he
is republican and claims the some
what questionable honor of being a
democrat. He says that he voted for
Cleveland and that he shall "try to be
better postmaster for being a demo-
cratr
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
PEACHAM.

Our dramatic corps is again rehears-
ing for repetition of the drama for
March 10 and Ill.
The hearing in the Harrison Me-
Lachlin case is again postponed till
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

According to HenriOn. French sci
enlist, Adam was l23 feet and 9 inches
tall and Eve was liz feet and inches.
If Henrion's estimates are correct, and
we are not disposed to dispute him.
Adam and Eve were big enough to
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
SI,2sO 90

Mr.. May moved to cut down the
treasurer's salary from 800 to $50 and
it was carried. Perhaps this was also
done in imitation of the town of Rut-
land whose treasurer received in salary
and fees $549.5O.
In considering the question how
much the services of our selectmen are
fairly worth it should not be forgotten
that the repeal of the law relating to
highway surveyors has thrown upon
the board of selectmen, in addition to
their former duties, the care of all the
highways-no Insignificant burden.
Finally, while it may be true that
the official expenses of this town will
bear reduction, it is equally true that
the legitimate method of accomplish
ing that purpose does not consist in
misleading an audience by giving
garbled extracts from an official report
which either the speaker has never
read or is too unfair to quote correctly.
Yours truly, COLD FACTS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

Mr.. Moody has raised his $3.50, 900
for the establishment of a school for
Christian workers at Chicago. John
b. Farwell gave 100000, Mrs. George
Mccormick is down for half that sum,
and the remaining 100000 is sub
scribed in sums of $1,000 and less.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
NOTE AND COMMENT.

A sad reminder of Ferdinand Wards
rascalities is the announcement that
Mrs. Green, Mrs. Wards mother, has
become insane because of the disgrace
brought on the family by her son-in-
law.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

commissioners Notice.
EUNICE ID. DICKERMAN'S ESTATE
The subscribers having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District OF
Caledonia, Commissioners to receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Eunice ID. Dickerman late of
Manchester, in the state of New Hampshire
deceased, having Estate in this State represent
ed insOlvent, and the term of six months from the
23d day of Feb 1887, being allowed by said Court
to the creditors of said deceased, to exhibit and
prove their respective claims before us: Give
notice, that we will attend to the duties of our
appointment at the Office of A. +. Nichols in st.
JOhnsbury in said District, of Caledonia the 9th
of April and the 9th of July next at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon on each of said days.
A. F. NICHOLS, (c,
1891 e. F. BROWN, I"o iS'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
EAST BURKE.

Tillie Lowell is at home and will re-
main until the LIST of May.
There was no preaching in the Con-
gregatiOnal church last Sabbath.
The oyster supper given by the Ia
dies aid society Wednesday night was a
grand success.
Mrs. Mary Stafford was the delegate
from Burke Mt. lodge to the district
union at West Burke.
Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald is holding meet
ings every evening at the NJ. E. church.
Quite an interest is manifest.
Bert Anger got fish bone in his
throat one day last week, and was
obliged to go to doctor to have it
extracted.
Willie Jenkins, who has been sick
so long, died Friday, and was buried
from the NJ. E. church Sunday. Revs.
Mcdonald and Gushing officiating.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
ST. JOHNSBURY EAST.

On Friday evening March IL, at
siOnary society are to give an enter
tainment, consisting of dialogues, mu-
sic, ETC., commencing at 7 o'clock.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

Speaking of snow drifts the super
intendent of the WinOna & st. Peter
railroad states that between MankatO
and Tracy the snow drifts are in many
cases six feet above the telegraph
poles, and that the linemen have had
to splice scantling to the tops of the
poles to get the wires up where they
cOuld be used
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

last Saturday evening the discussion of
the dependent pension bill was con-
tinued, and it was unanimously voted,
that the earnest thanks of this post
are hereby extended to the Vermont
delegation in the 49th congress for
their hearty support of the dependent
pension bill, and for their exertion in
attempting to pass the bill over the
Presidents veto.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

Department Commander BlOdgett
has appointed E. N. Peck post quar-
termaster of Stannard post, Burling
ton, to be assistant quartermaster gen
eral in place of E. E. Greenleaf, re-
signed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
C0FFINS,
CASKETS,
ANln DaRES

The Subscriber has on hand a good assortment
of COtfins also Caskets of Nice Wood Finish and
Cloth Covered. A nice line of Small Caskets in
White. All the above will be trimmed and deliver
ed on short notice.
L. r. VARNUM, Sexton.
Peaeham, Vt, March g. 1887. 1921
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
LOCAL AND TOWN NEWS
THE FRATERNITIES.

The Good Templars will have a pro-
nOuncing match next Monday evening.
The public are cordially invited to at
tend.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10

have known better than to make so
many mistakes.
A laboring mans friend has turned
up in Boston, who, having been an
employer of labor for Is years, an
nounces that, in his opinion, every
men ought to receive 81 per hour for
his labor or time, and that he ought to
sell but five hours per day at the most.
This ought to suit the most fastidious.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-03-10
Lyndon Institute.

The SPRING TERM will begin on Tuesday
March Is, and continue thirteen weeks. The SchOo
never was so large and prosperous to-day.
Send to the Principal or Secretary for Catalogue
i. w. SANBORN, Sec'y.
Lyndonville, March L, 1887. $3.50